Assistant Professor of Interior Design
Assistant Professor of Interior Design
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The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture invites applications and nominations for a fulltime ninemonth tenuretrack faculty position in Interior Design at the rank of Assistant Professor with the appointment starting in the fall of 2025. The successful candidate will contribute to the schools vibrant studio culture; teach required and elective courses in their area of expertise; and pursue a productive research trajectory that contributes to the advancement of their field. Of particular interest are candidates whose approach to interior design is aimed at addressing timely environmental issues.
The University of Texas at Austin is one of the largest and most highly regarded public universities in the United States. The School of Architecture offers professionally accredited and postprofessional degree programs in Interior Design Architecture Landscape Architecture and Community and Regional Planning in addition to postprofessional and research degree programs in Architectural History Historic Preservation Sustainable Design and Urban Design. The Interior Design Program offers CIDAaccredited professional degrees at both undergraduate and graduate levels as well as a graduate researchoriented postprofessional degree. The Schools two research centers the Center for Sustainable Design (CSD) and the Center for American Architecture and Design (CAAD) as well as resources such as the Materials Lab the Build Lab and the Technology Lab actively support facultyled endeavors. This academic environment as well as the context of the city and the region within which it is situated provides ample opportunities for interdisciplinary engagement and collaboration. As the 11th most populated city in the US and rapidly expanding Austin is a thriving culturally vibrant community with rich natural environs. It is centrally located in the growing megaregion of Austin DallasFort Worth Houston and San Antonio and capitalizes on the rich borderland culture between Mexico and the United States. The citys fast transformation provides opportunities and resources for professional education while also enabling students to gain a broader view of their field in relation to contemporary challenges for the built environment at local and global scales.
The Interior Design Program seeks candidates whose work experience and interests offer inspiring and innovative perspectives on relevant disciplinespecific issues through research scholarship critical practice and pedagogy. In addition to teaching design studios seminars and lecture courses the successful candidate will be able to state the goals and trajectory of their research scholarly trajectory and/or creative practice as well as articulate the anticipated contribution of this work to the advancement of the field. Applicants whose work engages materials research and innovation advanced fabrication technologies visualization and simulation media environmental controls artificial intelligence and design entrepreneurship within the framework of interiors as an environmentallyminded field are encouraged to apply.
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